Turkey Burgers with Fresh Tzatziki Sauce

Turkey Burgers with Fresh Tzatziki Sauce. These are Greek-Style turkey burgers made with a mixture of ground turkey, crumbled feta cheese, chopped spinach, garlic, red onion and herbs, then grilled and topped with a zesty tzatziki sauce made easily with Greek yogurt, cucumbers, dill, lemon and garlic. These delicious turkey burgers get smoky from the grill and a zing from the tzatziki sauce!

It’s Memorial Day weekend and it’s our favorite weekend, the kickoff start of the summer season with barbecues, hot dogs, burgers, baked beans and salads! If you are planning to make burgers this weekend, you are in for a treat!

Here is a recipe for easy turkey burgers that get jazzed up with a few ingredients mixed into the ground turkey to make them so flavorful, juicy and delicious! Then they are topped with a creamy zest-tasting and homemade tzatziki sauce which takes it over the top! YUM!

Tzatziki sauce is a cool, cucumber creamy yogurt sauce that is usually served as a condiment on many Greek meat dishes such as gyro sandwiches and souvlaki. It’s so incredibly good – once you try this yogurt sauce, you’ll want to make it all the time. Nowadays, you’ll find tzatziki sauce is widely used in the cuisines of many other countries other than Greece.

You can make tzatziki sauce a day or two ahead, allowing it to marinate longer while it’s chilled in the fridge.

The first time I ever had a gyro (in my life) was at our friends’ backyard party where they hired a food truck (food trucks are growing popular here in Charleston) to sit outside their home and serve fresh made gyros to all their guests. Pretty cool, huh? I thought so too. That day, the gentleman made me a grilled lamb gyro topped with shredded lettuce, tomatoes and tzatziki sauce. And, boy- after the first bite, I was hooked!

Ever since that experience, I’ve been wanting to make tzatziki sauce and try it on my burgers.

Lean ground turkey is best to make the burgers. Simply mix ground turkey with crumbled feta cheese, minced garlic, red onion and fresh herbs. I even added in some chopped spinach to get some healthy greens in there.

Every little bit helps!

Then place the prepared turkey burgers in the refrigerator until ready to grill them. Grill these turkey burgers on the grill until they are fully cooked and serve them with crispy lettuce, tomato, onion, and a dollop of creamy tzatziki sauce on top.

The melted feta cheese comes through as a rich cheese flavor, as in a classic cheese burger and compliments the turkey burger very nicely. We were very pleased with the outcome as the tzatziki sauce takes this burger over the top with its fresh zesty flavors! You’ll have to try this recipe!

If in case you don’t like Feta cheese, try substituting an equal amount of shredded sharp white cheddar instead.

We’d love to see what you cook! Happy Cooking! 🙂

xo Anna and Liz

These are Greek-Style turkey burgers made with a mixture of ground turkey, crumbled feta cheese, chopped spinach, garlic, red onion and herbs, then grilled and topped with a zesty tzatziki sauce made easily with Greek yogurt, cucumbers, dill, lemon and garlic. These delicious burgers get smoky from the grill and a zing from the sauce!

Ingredients

Turkey Burgers

1 pound ground turkey (93% lean)

½ cup crumbled feta cheese

2 garlic cloves- minced

¾ cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry

½ tsp. dried oregano

¼ tsp. dried parsley

¼ cup red onion - finely chopped

1 tsp. salt

½ tsp. black pepper

2 Tbsp. olive oil

package of whole-grain hamburger buns, or rolls

4 slices of tomato

crispy lettuce

4 slices of sweet onion

Tzatziki Sauce

1 cup plain Greek yogurt ( low fat, or non-fat)

⅓ cup fresh cucumber -finely chopped or grated

½ Tbsp. fresh chopped dill

1 garlic clove- minced

½ of a lemon- juiced

½ tsp. salt

fresh cracked pepper

optional: 1 tsp. fresh mint - finely chopped

Instructions

Prepare the tzatziki sauce first. In a small bowl, combine yogurt, cucumber, dill, garlic, lemon juice, salt and some fresh cracked pepper. Cover and chill for at least 20 minutes or until ready to serve.

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14 Comments

This is my kind of burger! I prefer turkey burgers to ground beef and this one sounds and looks fantastic. Love the tzatziki sauce addition – so smart and tasty! Hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend ladies!